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May 27, 2012
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Synonyms for staggering

Verb

1. stagger, reel, keel, lurch, swag, careen, walk
usage: walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room"
2. stagger, flounder, walk
usage: walk with great difficulty; "He staggered along in the heavy snow"
3. stagger, distribute, arrange, set up
usage: to arrange in a systematic order; "stagger the chairs in the lecture hall"
4. stagger, overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake
usage: astound or overwhelm, as with shock; "She was staggered with bills after she tried to rebuild her house following the earthquake"

Adjective

1. lurching, stumbling, staggering, weaving, unsteady (vs. steady)
usage: walking unsteadily; "a stqaggering gait"
2. astonishing, astounding, staggering, stupefying, impressive (vs. unimpressive)
usage: so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm; "such an enormous response was astonishing"; "an astounding achievement"; "the amount of money required was staggering"; "suffered a staggering defeat"; "the figure inside the boucle dress was stupefying"
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